Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently said Americans should be grateful for industrial farming because, by keeping food prices low, you can afford other necessities and luxuries
The industrial farming model has an array of hidden costs, taking a toll on farmworkers, wildlife, soil, air, water supplies and consumers; and depleting natural resources and dumping toxins into what remains
Americans have the lowest health rating in the developed world thanks to our industrial, processed diet. We also have the most expensive health care system in the world, even though it ranks 37th in terms of quality